British Grand Prix
Pérez penalty, British GP 2021pit-lane start for parc fermé
OutcomeRequired to start the race from the pit lane
Offence · Published
- Driver
- Pérez
- What happened
- The rear wing assembly has been changed and changes have also been made to the setup of the suspension and to the cooling of the front brakes.
- Offence
- Parc fermé breach - every ruling & the going rate →
Going rate across 3 rulings in 2021: +10 grid ×1 · +5 grid ×1 · pit-lane start ×1
- Regulation cited
- Art. 34.2, Art. 34.6
- Stewards' reasoning
- The changed rear wing is different from the one used during sprint qualifying, changes have also been made to the setup of the suspension and cooling of the front brakes. The rear wing was replaced, changes to the suspension setup and cooling of the front brakes were made with the approval of the FIA Technical Delegate as per Article 34.2 As the rear wing is different and changes have been made… full reasoning ↗
Source: FIA stewards' decision document (PDF, fia.com). The Time Penalty links to the official document and, where it can, summarises the outcome in a sentence; it does not host or alter the document.
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